do you buy the buy-in?

It is sale season and, to misquote the King, there's a whole lot of spendin' going on.

And all that buying reminds me of one of the most obnoxious of office phrases, buy-in. (nice link).

To get or achieve buy-in, means to get someone to agree with what you are doing.

You might hear: "Before I launch this project, I need to get buy-in from my boss".

Terrible.

Business Link have sent me a calendar, called an Illustrated Guide to Office Jargon, it's enough to make plain English groupies like me wake up in a cold sweat.

Among the worst examples:

Low Hanging Fruit, Joined Up Thinking, and that old favourite Thinking Outside the Box.

There are handy definitions included in the calendar - so now I finally know what these people are talking about.

Remember, keep it simple. Just like the King himself during his Comeback Special.

Will